This petition was submitted during the 2019 to 2024 Parliament
Rejected petition Offer routine Group B streptococcus (GBS) test to all pregnant women in the UK
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We need to be offering routine antenatal screening to women- ESPECIALLY in the first pregnancy.
A simple test in the antenatal period could save thousands of lives each year & huge heartache in undiagnosed cases.
Routine screening, especially as a primigravia woman experiencing pregnancy for the first time NEEDS to be offered urgently.
This could save 150 000 preventable deaths a year, that’s 2-3 in 50 babies yearly.
Countries such as America have already implemented routine screening in the antenatal period. Why are we not offering this?
It’s a simple test that can reap huge benefits to women and their families.
GBS is a detectable infection and easily preventable. We NEED to start screening women.
Why was this petition rejected?
There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
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We currently have the below petition open on the same topic that you may like to sign:
Offer Group B streptococcus (GBS) test to all pregnant women
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/576661We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.